New York nears decision on ODF vs OOXML
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| In addition to New York, other states, including Massachusetts, Minnesota and
| Texas, have eyed mandating one document file format across their IT systems.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=380490273&rid=-50
More on GNOMicrosoft Foundation (just a minority of it, with de Icaza taking
the lead):
On timing and developers’ethic
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| What is this all about? The Gnome Foundation’s behaviour in front of the
| OOXML controversy. I don’t think there is any need to remind my audience on
| what happened with the Gnome Foundation (the article above will summarize
| things well). Suffice to say, Novell and/or ex-Novell developers have been
| assisting to the Ecma TC 45 (the one on OOXML) and been “supportive” of OOXML
| in general. I am aware that I’m making a very long story short here. But I’m
| doing this on purpose: the conspiracy that Bruce refers could be summarized
| as Novell engineers hijacking Gnome to serve their own corporate needs, and
| the problem is, these needs are aligned with the ones of Microsoft.
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| [...]
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| The Gnome Foundation is composed of many developers from large or small
| corporations that are either hostile or simply indifferent to OOXML.
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http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2007/12/20/on-timing-and-developersethic/
Related:
Microsoft Muscles the NYS Legislature
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| Microsoft’s proposed change to state law would effectively render
| our current requirements for escrow and the ability for independent
| review of source code in the event of disputes completely meaningless
| - and with it the protections the public fought so hard for.
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http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html
New York to Study Electronic Document Interoperability
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance) has hailed New York for
| becoming the second state, along with Minnesota, to enact legislation
| requiring study of electronic document formats.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/11028/new-york-study-electronic-document-interoperability
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